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Juvenile xanthogranuloma: diverse presentations of noncutaneous disease
Joseph T Murphy1, Tim Soeken, Steve Megison
1*Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Medical Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas †Baylor College of Medicine, Baylor University School of Medicine, Houston, TX ‡Department of Pediatric Surgery, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL.
Abstract:
Juvenile xanthogranulomas (JXGs) are benign cutaneous lesions of childhood that often spontaneously involute. They rarely present as a noncutaneous tumors. However, JXG tumors have been described in numerous noncutaneous anatomic sites, presenting with a variety of symptoms. The severity of symptoms and accurate preoperative diagnosis of JXG should determine operative and nonoperative treatment options of these uncommon, benign, and self-limiting tumors. We report 3 cases of symptomatic, noncutaneous JXG from disparate anatomic sites all treated with aggressive surgical resection.
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